No.1 Reserve NV
Tasting Note
An alluring and seductive bouquet with its distinct
signature butter brioche autolysis, baked peach and apple
with the hint of a spring orchard. The palate is seamless with focused fruit-yeast
balance providing elegance and style. The extended lees
ageing provides richness with complex biscuity notes.
Well-balanced, delicate and fresh with a lengthy finish.
Aromas and flavours:
Reviews
Reviews for No.1 Reserve NV:
Cameron Douglas MS
camdouglasms.com
97/100
Top NZ Wine Selection 2025
Fantastic bouquet and palate, a complex and layered bouquet with a core of citrus fruits and autolysis, lemon and white peach, oven fresh oatmeal biscuits and brioche, honeysuckle and wet river stone mineral highlights. The mousse is equally rich in texture with a super fine satin textured bubble, a precise acid line carrying flavours of citrus and white fleshed fruits, an exotic richness and saline side contributing to a lengthy and complex finish. One glass is simply not enough. Fabulous drinking from day of purchase through 2030+.
Decanter (Emma Jenkins MW)
Decanter
Part of New Zealand sparkling wine – the fizz to follow. Ripe apple, honey and detailed autolytic richness, the palate is finely textured with a delicate, persistent bead, good fruit concentration and a glittery vein of acidity running straight down the line. Excellent carry and length with great balance, this is an impressive wine that raises the bar for New Zealand sparkling wine. Drinking Window: 2023 - 2030.
David Walker Bell
WineFolio
A pale straw gold colour with a fine mousse of tiny bubbles carries a bold scent in a wave from the glass. Complex and fine, but with an electric energy. Lemon peel, grapefruit, peach, apricot, mandarin and cherry blossom, with an overlay of bran biscuit and toasted brioche. The palate starts with a richness carried from that voluminous nose, but is quite structured and tight as it goes. Minerality plays a part, with a salinity to the acidity as well, that gives an al dente bite as a contrast to the body and depth. Great drive and length into a mouth-filling finish of superb length.
Additional information
Type: Sparkling wine from New Zealand
Varietal: 91% Chardonnay, 9% Pinot Noir
Vineyard: Marlborough, New Zealand.
Winemaking: Bottle fermented and aged on lees for a minimum of 6.5+ years.
Cellaring: 5-10 years
Alcohol: 12.5% vol
Total acidity: 7.1 g/l
Residual sugar: 2.3 g/l
Sweetness: Extra Brut
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulphites
Nutritional Information
| Nutritional Information per 100 ml |
| Energy |
297 kJ (72 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates |
0.2 g |
| of which Sugars |
0.2 g |
| Contains negligible amounts of fat, saturates, protein and salt. |
Ingredients: Grapes, enrichments sucrose/sugar, Tirage liqueur sucrose/sugar, wine, packaging gas carbon dioxide, preservatives: sulphites
Produced and bottled by: No.1 Family Estate, 169 Rapaura Road, RD3, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
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